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More Research Needed to Advance Knowledge of Sex Differences in Lung Cancer

Published in Law and Health Weekly, October 13th, 2007

The Society for Women’s Health Research gathered three lung cancer experts on Capitol Hill recently to inform Congress on the need for increased funding to research lung cancer and its impact on women.

“We focused on lung cancer today because lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death for both women and men in America,” said Phyllis Greenberger, M.S.W, president and CEO of the Society, a Washington, D.C. based advocacy organization. “A growing body of research is showing differences in susceptibility, progression and responsiveness to treatment in lung cancer between women and men.”

Laurie Fenton Ambrose, president and CEO of the Lung Cancer...

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